Queens Larder Public House

The Queens Larder Public House is a historic pub located at 1 Queen's Square, Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden (WC1N 3AR). It is a traditional British pub—a licensed premises serving beer, ale, and pub food—and welcomes customers with a simple invitation to "come and have a drink with us." Its name and identity are closely tied to the history of Queen's Square and the Georgian era. According to the pub's own account, the establishment now known as The Queens Larder can be officially traced back to a deed dated 1710. In its early years it was described as a humble alehouse without a sign, and it changed hands several times—initially held by a London stationer and eventually by a carpenter named Kendrick. It was during this period that King George III, under the care of Dr. Willis, resided privately in Queen's Square and began to show symptoms of the mental illness for which he is now widely known. It is said that the King's consort, Queen Charlotte, rented a small cellar beneath the present pub to secretly store special delicacies and food to alleviate the King's distress and suffering during his confinement. In the later years of George's reign, when the alehouse became a pub, it was named "The Queens Larder" after Queen Charlotte and her loyal devotion to her husband. The area around the pub has long been associated with charity and medicine. In 1742, Captain Thomas Coram founded the Foundling Hospital nearby for abandoned and destitute children; also in the vicinity are Great Ormond Street Hospital, the UCL Department of Neurology, and a homeopathic hospital. This location gives The Queens Larder its unique character: it serves local residents, hospital and university staff, as well as visitors to the square. The Queens Larder Public House is an independently operated single-site pub, not part of a chain or brand group. Its official website provides the address and a warm invitation to customers, and structured open data also records it as a pub in Camden, Greater London. Detailed information about its current ownership, management, opening hours, menu, and drink offerings is not provided by the available evidence; the pub's three-century history is primarily documented through its own historical narrative.

The Queens Larder Public House is a historic London pub whose origins are traced by its own account to a deed drawn up in 1710. At that time it was an alehouse without a sign, and it changed hands repeatedly in its early years. The first recorded holder was a London stationer, and the property eventually came into the possession of a carpenter named Kendrick. The pub's name derives from the reign of King George III. The king, who was showing signs of the mental illness for which he is now famous, stayed privately in Queen Square under the care of his physician Dr Willis. His consort, Queen Charlotte, is said to have rented a small cellar beneath the present tavern, where she secretly stored special delicacies and provisions to relieve the tedium and misery of the king's confinement. Later in George's reign, when the alehouse became a tavern, it was named The Queens Larder in honour of Queen Charlotte and her devotion to her husband. The Queens Larder stands in an area that has long been a centre for philanthropy and medicine. The Foundling Hospital was founded in 1742 by Captain Thomas Coram for exposed and deserted children, and the surrounding area is home to Great Ormond Street Hospital, the Neurology Department of UCL, and The Homeopathic Hospital. This context shaped the pub's role as a local institution serving the Queen Square community. The pub continues to trade at 1 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AR, and its official website invites customers to visit for a pint. It is recorded in structured open data as a public house in Camden, Greater London. Beyond its own historical account and basic location data, detailed records of its ownership, refurbishments, and trading history are not available in the supplied evidence.

• 1742

  The Foundling Hospital is founded nearby by Captain Thomas Coram, in the area surrounding the pub.

• 1710

  Earliest official reference to the alehouse now known as The Queens Larder, from a deed drawn up in 1710.

• During George III's reign, Queen Charlotte rents a cellar beneath the tavern to store delicacies for the king; the alehouse later becomes a tavern named The Queens Larder in her honour.

Historic independent neighbourhood public house in Queen Square, Camden, with a story linked to George III and Queen Charlotte.

• Beer and ale

• Pub food

• Traditional pub drinks

1. 1THE QUEENS LARDERqueenslarder.co.uk
2. 2ABOUT – THE QUEENS LARDERqueenslarder.co.uk
3. 3Queens Larder Public House – Wikidatawikidata.org